Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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The Great Plains prairie, historically the largest single terrestrial ecosystem in North America, is now also its most threatened. Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates relates changes in grassland ecosystems to the ecology of vertebrate animals inhabiting the prairie.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1996-12-13
Mått156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt676 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcological Studies
Antal sidor323
Upplaga1997
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9780387948027

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Section 1. The Great Plains Landscape as Vertebrate Habitats.- 1. Landscape Gradients and Habitat Structure in Native Grasslands of the Central Great Plains.- 2. Wetlands of the Great Plains: Habitat Characteristics and Vertebrate Aggregations.- 3. Water Management and Cottonwood Forest Dynamics Along Prairie Streams.- 4. Comparative Ecology of Native and Introduced Ungulates.- Section 2. Ecology of Vertebrate Assemblages Within Grassland Landscapes.- 5. Historical Changes in the Landscape and Vertebrate Diversity of North Central Nebraska.- 6. Ecology of Fishes Indigenous to the Central and Southwestern Great Plains.- 7. Avian Community Responses to Fire, Grazing, and Drought in the Tallgrass Prairie.- 8. Effects of Fire on Bird Populations in Mixed-Grass Prairie.- 9. Ecology of Small Mammals in Prairie Landscapes.- 10. Stopover Ecology of Transitory Populations: The Case of Migrant Shorebirds.- Section 3. Conclusion.- 11. Conservation of Grassland Vertebrates.